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Opinion: Include Public Outreach Plans in Grant Requirements
Opinion: Include Public Outreach Plans in Grant Requirements
Tying federal research funding to scientists’ efforts to inform and engage the public can help fix widespread indifference to science.
Tying federal research funding to scientists’ efforts to inform and engage the public can help fix widespread indifference to science.
policy, science communication
Opinion: The Rise of Preprints Is No Cause for Alarm
Jonny Coates | Apr 14, 2021 | 4 min read
At a time of fast-paced science and rampant misinformation, can we trust the non–peer-reviewed literature?
Science and Policy Collide During the Pandemic
Diana Kwon | Sep 1, 2020 | 8 min read
COVID-19 has laid bare some of the pitfalls of the relationship between scientific experts and policymakers—but some researchers say there are ways to make it better.
Marine Biologist Susan Williams Dies
Diana Kwon | Apr 26, 2018 | 2 min read
The UC Davis researcher was an advocate of ocean conservation and science communication.
Sights (and Signs) of #StandUpForScience
Tracy Vence and Ben Andrew Henry | Feb 19, 2017 | 1 min read
Hundreds of people gathered in Boston’s Copley Square today to show support for science.
Opinion: Sometimes, Scientists Must March
Katie Gibbs, Alana Westwood, and Kathleen Walsh | Feb 13, 2017 | 3 min read
Lessons learned from the “Death of Evidence” demonstration in Canada
Opinion: The Pitfalls of Uncertainty
Didier Schmitt | Apr 14, 2014 | 3 min read
How to successfully inform policy when scientific evidence is not plainly evident.
The Great Divide
Didier Schmitt | Dec 1, 2013 | 3 min read
A two-way bridge between science and policy is desperately needed.
Gulf Oil Spill Failings
Cristina Luiggi | Apr 24, 2012 | 2 min read
A marine scientist ponders how academics could have handled the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill better.